Video: Calif. Police Officer Opens Fire after Being Hit by Fleeing Driver

A 19-year-old man was shot and wounded in the arm after he struck a Modesto police officer with his vehicle while trying to flee authorities investigating reports of a shooting.

Sept. 19, 2025

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What to know

Modesto police identified 19-year-old Jadon Sieng as the suspect who struck an officer with a car during an Aug. 8 confrontation and was shot in the arm as he fled.
Sieng allegedly assaulted a woman, fired at least two rounds at people outside a residence and was arrested by SWAT officers following a crash.
A loaded handgun was recovered in the incident, and the suspect faces multiple felony charges including attempted murder of a police officer.

By Dean J. Condoleo

Source The Modesto Bee

Modesto police have identified the man who allegedly struck an officer with a car a during a confrontation last week (Aug. 8) and was subsequently shot.

Jadon Sieng, 19, of Modesto was booked on multiple felony charges, including attempted murder of a police officer, after an incident early Friday on the 1700 block of Boulder Avenue near Hatch Road, police said Monday.

According to Police Department spokeswoman Sharon Bear, officers were dispatched to the area just after 1 a.m. Aug. 8 for a report of a shooting. An officer spotted a vehicle matching the suspect’s description and tried to stop it.

Police say Sieng, the sole occupant, drove toward the officer, striking him. The officer fired at the car, hitting Sieng once in the arm.

Sieng fled and was spotted by a Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office sergeant, who saw him crash near the Highway 99 on-ramp at Hatch Road. He then ran from the crash site. Officers from the Sheriff’s Office, the Modesto and Ceres police departments and the California Highway Patrol responded to search for him.

Investigators determined that before the encounter with police, Sieng violently assaulted a woman in Modesto, then drove to Boulder Avenue armed with a handgun and fired multiple rounds toward at least two people in front of a residence, Bear said.

SWAT officers found Sieng in the center median of Highway 99, south of Hatch Road, and took him into custody without incident. Police recovered a loaded handgun from his vehicle.

The injured officer was treated at a local hospital for a lower leg injury and released.

As is standard for any officer-involved shooting, three separate investigations have been launched — a criminal investigation by MPD, an internal affairs review by the department and an independent review by the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office.

Sieng also faces charges including felony domestic violence, two counts of attempted homicide, shooting at an occupied dwelling, criminal threats and weapons violations.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Keyon Turner at 209-572-9564.

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